Garment-support.



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UNITED STATES M ARTHUR H. HAWK, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. I

GARMENT-SUPPORT.

Application filed December 5, 1905. Serial No. 290,483.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. HAWK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garmentsupports,. and the primary object of this invention is to provide agarment support or hanger for mens clothes.

My invention aims to provide a coat, vest and trousers support, orhanger, which will retain the garments in proper shape and prevent themfrom sagging or becoming creased. To this end, I have devised a supportor hanger which is entirely constructed of wire, thereby providing auseful article which will be extremely simple in construction, strongand durable, and practically indestructible.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and then specifically pointed out inthe claims, and referring to the drawing accompanying this application,like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in

which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved support or hanger, Fig. 2 isa plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of thesupport or hanger in an open position, Fig. 4 is a similar view in aclosed position, Fig. 5 is a detail view of a clasp used in connectionwith the hanger or support, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan View of aportion of a hinge used in connection with a hanger or support and Fig.7 is a detail sectional view of a novel form of hinge used in connectionwith the hanger or support.

My improved combination coat and trouser support or hanger isconstructed of practically three pieces of wire, one of the pieces ofwire being bent into a hookshaped member 1, another piece of the wirebeing bent into a coat hanger 2 and the fixed member 3 of the trousersupport, while the third piece of wire is bent to form the movablemember 4 of the trouser support.

vThe piece of wire forming the coat hanger and fixed member 3 of thetrouser support is bent to form an archshaped coat hanger consisting ofa main strand of wire 6, and parallel auxiliary strands 7, 7. Thecentral portions of the auxiliary strand are bent inwardly as at 8, 8towards the main strand 6, and are wrapped around the-main strand, as at9, 9. The two portions of the wire are then bent downwardly towards oneanother, as at 10, 10, and twisted, as at 11, and the two portions thenbent in opposite directions at 12, 12, and then bent inwardly as at 14,to form an oblong loop 14, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

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ends of the wire being finally electrically welded together as at 15.The loop 14, which forms the fixed member 3 of the transverse support,is the depending portion of the coat hanger, and consequently remains ina fixed position relative to said hanger. I

In the operation of winding the wire around the main strand 6 as at 9,9, Iinsert the ends 16, 16 of a hook shaped member 1, this member beingconstructed by bending a piece of wire upon itself and twisting theparts, as at l7, 17, then bending the wire where doubled to form a hook18, whereby the coat hanger and trouser support can be suspended from anail, hook or the like fixture. I

The movable member 4 of the trouser support is formed of a single pieceof wire which is bent to form a loop 19, similar to the fixed loop 14 ofthe trouser support. In bending this loop, an upwardly extending handle20 is formed, which spans the twisted portion 11 of the coat hanger. Toretain the movable member 4 in proper relation to the fixed member 3,the wire forming the loop 14 is bent into small loops or bent portions21, 21 and these small loops or bent portions of the wire are bentaroundthe uppermost strand 22 ofthe loop .19, as at 23, thus properlyholding the loop 19 in swinging position relative to the loop 14.

A clasp consisting of a link 24 is loosely mounted upon the twistedportion ll of the trouser support, said link embracing the handle 20 ofthe movable member 4. When the loops 14 and 19 coincide with oneanother,as illustrated in Fig. 4, the link is moved upwardly upon the handle 20and the twisted portion 11 of the trouser support to retain the loops 14and 19 in engagement with one another, said link or clasp remaining atthe lower end of the twisted portion 11 and the handle 20 when the loopsare opened to receive the lower ends of a pair of trousers.

The hook shaped member 1 is preferably arranged somewhat loosely in thewrapped ends 9, 9 of the main strand whereby the entire support orhanger can be easily suspended from a fixture. It will of course beunderstood how a coat is placed upon the hanger, also how the lower endsof a pair of trousers are clamped between the loops 14 and 19, to holdthem in a suspended position.

It will be noted that various changes in the construction of my improvedhanger or support may be resorted to Without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A device of the class described comprising a coat supporting portionformed from a single piece of wire bent into a main continuous strandand a parallel auxiliary strand, the latter bent at its center towardthe main strand and coiled around the same at two points spaced apartand the portion of the wire converging and entwisted and bent into anelongated loop and forming one side of a trouser supporting member, saidelongated loop having small loops in one of its sides adjacent to theentwisted portion and bent into holding means, a suspension means formedfrom a single ,piece of .Wire bent upon itself centrally into a hookwith the sides entwisted and the two portions bent in oppositedirections and in serted through the spaced coils of the coat supportingportion, an elongated loop of Wire forming the other side of saidtrouser holding means and movably engaging said [0 holding means andprovided with a handle bent from one side and embracing the connectingtwisted portion between said coat supporting means and the stationarytrouser supporting member, anda link bearing over said connectingtwisted portion and said handle portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oftwowitnesses.

.Y ARTHUR H. HAWK. Witnesses:

J. M. BURGER,

.T. J. L. EISAMAN.

